Price card holder



ATTORN' a w/f/e m 2 H M T a v N 4 E Q a g 5 git; m 5 51 M L g 0\ H 6 2 HW 2 Aug. 4, 1936. P. H. MEYER PRICE CARD HOLDER Filed July 50, 1955Patented Aug. 4, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT QFFHQE Claims.

This invention relates to devices for suporting price cards and the likein connection with partitioning or spacing strips of counters,displaying merchandise of various kinds and classes, to associate theprice ticket or card of the merchandise in close proximity to thedisplay; and the object of the invention is to provide a device of theclass described with means for supporting the same perpendicularly or inupright position over the upper edge of a partition wall or strip in asecure manner; a further object being to provide a coupling or mountingmeans which may be readily attached and detached or moved longitudinallyof a partition wall or strip to centralize or properly locate the cardholder thereon with respect to a predetermined display; a still furtherobject being to provide a holder of the class described in the form of arectangular body having means at the peripheral edges thereof forretaining a card against displacement therefrom and with a spring clipU-shaped in cross sectional form on one edge of the plate for mountingthe same in connection with a suitable support; and with these and otherobjects in View, the invention consists in a device of the class and forthe purpose specified, which is simple in construction, efficient inuse, and which is constructed as hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by suitable reference characters ineach of the views, and in which:

Fig. 1 is a perspective View of one form of device which I employillustrating the manner of mounting the same upon a suitable support.

Fig. 2 is a side edge view of the device shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view through a modified form of device.

Fig. 4 is a face view of another form of device which I employ.

Fig. 5 is a section on the line 55 of Fig. 4; and,

Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 4.

In carrying my invention into effect, I provide a rectangular cardsupporting plate In, which in the construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2'of the drawing, has inwardly turned upper and lower flanges H and I2forming channels in which the upper and lower edges of a price or salescard are adapted to rest. The side edges [3 and I4 of the plate ID areflared forwardly the narrow leg I6 is welded or otherwise secured a U-shaped clip I! having an outer wall part l8 arranged parallel to thelongitudinal plane of the plate l0 and at right angles to the leg l6 anda narrower inwardly set spring wall i9 terminating at its lower end inan outwardly flared edge portion which facilitates the mounting of theclip ll upon the upper edge of a glass or other partition panel or strip2B in the manner clearly seen in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

In Fig. 3 of the drawing, I have shown at filial a plate identical inall respects to the plate l0 shown in Figs. 1 and 2, but substituted forthe parts l5 and I1 I have employed a single part 22 folded to form twoadjacent attaching plate portions 23 which are welded or otherwisesecured to the rear face of the plate liia. One side 2330, of theattaching plate portion terminates at its free end in an L-shapedportion 24 forming the front and part of the top of, a clip similar tothe clip I! shown in Figs. 1 and 2, whereas the free end of the part231) of the attaching portion 23 terminates in an inwardly set wallportion 25 which is similar to the wall [9.

In Figs. 4, 5, and 6 of the drawing, I have shown another form ofconstruction in which the entire device is made from a single sheet ofmetal which is die cut and folded to form two substantially similar sideportions in the form of rectangular front and rear frames 26 and 21joined at the upper edge by the fold 28. The side edges of the frontframe 23 are slightly wider than the corresponding edges of the frame21, and said edges are turned inwardly as indicated at 260. to retain acard against displacement from the frames, the card being insertable andremovable from the frame through openings 29 formed at both sideportions thereof.

The frames 26 and 27 have large rectangular openings 30 therein so as torender the card holder visible from the front and back or from bothsides surfaces thereof to permit the use of this holder for displayprice cards or tickets printed or marked on both sides or to support twodistinct price cards or tickets therein which may have the same ordifferent characteristics or markings thereon. Cut from the part of theplate forming the openings 39 in the frames 26 and 27 are flangeportions 3!, am folded inwardly upon adjacent surfaces of the lowermembers of the frames 26 and 271, which flanges are welded or otherwisesecured together and serve to space the lower portions of said framesone from the other and to provide bottom walls for supporting the cardsthereon. Centrally of each flange 3!, am are outwardly projecting andrelatively wide plate portions 32, 32a which are similar in all respectsto the plates 18, 19, 24, and 25 and which collectively form a springclip 33 for mounting the card holder upon a suitable support in themanner represented in Fig. 1 of the drawing.

One of the distinctive features of my invention resides in the provisionof a card holding or supporting plate or frame having means in the formof a spring clip or U-shaped coupling body for mounting the holder inconnection with the upper edge of a comparatively thin supporting wallin order to maintain or support the holder in a perpendicular orvertical position upon said edge of the support as Well as to provide adevice of this kind which may be readily attached and detached andshifted about from place to place without disturbing the display on acounter arranged forwardly or at the rear of the support or partitionplate 2! My present invention constitutes an improvement on the cardholder disclosed in and forming the subject matter of my Patent #1348262granted to me March 8, 1932, my present construction constituting asimpler form of card holding plate and a more positive support thereforwhich prevents accidental displacement of the holder with respect to itssupporting wall, and furthermore, is designed to support what might betermed a medium sized price card or sheet. By employing a number ofdevices of the kind under consideration, the arrangement of price cardson a display counter may be made uniform and symmetrical throughout, andat the same time, produce a neat and attractive display, it beingunderstood that my improved holders may be used on any of the partitionplates or strips of a complete counter display.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A device of the class described comprising a rectangular cardsupporting body, means at side edges of said body for retaining a cardmounted thereon against accidental displacement, a U-shaped spring clipprojecting from one side edge of said body for mounting the same inconnection with a support, the side walls of the clip being arrangedforwardly and rearwardly of said supporting body, one side wall of saidclip being arranged in a plane parallel to the surface of said body, anda member extending from the upper wall of the clip intermediate the sideWalls thereof and onto the adjacent portion of said body and securedthereto.

2. A device of the class described comprisin a rectangular cardsupporting body, means at side edges of said body for retaining a cardmounted thereon against accidental displacement, a U-shaped spring clipprojecting from one side edge of said body for mounting the same inconnection with a support, one side wall of said clip being arranged ina plane parallel to the surface of said body, a member extending fromthe upper wall of the clip onto the adjacent portion of said body andsecured thereto, the other side wall of said U-shaped clip being shorterthan the first named wall and set inwardly and terminating in anoutwardly flaring edge portion, said clip being formed independently ofsaid body, and said member comprising an L-shaped coupling plate, partof which is interposed between the clip and the edge portion of saidbody.

3. A price card supporting device of the class described for supportinga card perpendicularly to the upper edge of an elongated supportingstrip, said device comprising a rectangular card supporting body, meansat the upper, lower and side edges of the body for retaining a cardagainst accidental displacement therefrom, the lower side edge of saidbody having centrally thereof a downwardly extending and longitudinallyarranged spring clip substantially U-shaped in cross sectional form, thechannel of said clip projecting downwardly with respect to said edge,one side wall of said clip being arranged forwardly of the vertical wallof said body and in a plane parallel to said vertical wall, and a partfor securing the clip to said body, said part proj ecting upwardly fromthe top wall and arranged inwardly of the side walls of said U-shapedclip, and said part being arranged in parallel relation to the verticalwall of said body and secured thereto.

4. A price card supporting device of the class described for supportinga card perpendicularly to the upper edge of an elongated supportingstrip, said device comprising a rectangular card supporting body, meansat the upper, lower and side edges of the body for retaining a cardagainst accidental displacement therefrom, the lower side edge of saidbody having centrally thereof a downwardly extending and longitudinallyarranged spring clip substantially U-shaped in cross sectional form, thechannel of said clip projecting downwardly with respect to said edge,the clip having a top crosshead wall and depending side walls, one sidewall of said clip being arranged in a plane parallel to the verticalwall of said body, and a part extending upwardly from the top wall ofsaid clip inwardly of the side walls of the clip and onto the rearsurface of said body.

5. A card supporting device of the class described comprising arectangular card supporting body, means at the edges of said body forretaining a card against accidental displacement therefrom, a longU-shaped clip arranged centrally of one edge portion of said body withthe channel of said clip projecting downwardly with respect to saidedge, a coupling member for securing said clip to said body, said membercomprising a plate portion arranged upon and secured to the rear surfaceof said body, and an angularly extending part arranged intermediate thelower edge of said body and the adjacent wall of said clip.

PIERRE H. MEYER.

